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CITY OF BURNS
COUNTY OF HARNEY
The Biggest County In The State
Of Oregon, Best In The West
The Biggest City In The Biggest
County In The State Of Oregon I
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VOL. XXVII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 9, 1914
NO. 26
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P. L. S. COMPANY NOT
OBSTRUCTING PROJECT
Mr. Treadwell Throws Some Light on
Silvies River Irrigation Project in
Reply to Mr. McConnell's Interview
Published Short Time Ago. Com
pany Outlined Position in a Letter
San Frmnctao, April 18th 15)14,
Manager f The Times-Herald:
Referring to the interview by
Mr. C B, McConnell in the issue
Of your paper of April 11th, in
which h'.'oharires the Pacific Live
Stock Company with obstructing
h roposed irrigation project,
an 1 in which he also seeks to
make thai company responsible
for, h it 1 consider useless litiga
tion involved ill the proposed ad
judication of rights in Silvies
river. I take the liberty of calling
your attention to the following
matters:
Bj a letter addressed by the
Pacific Live Stuck Company to
Mr. McConnell, dated AP"I 20th,
1912, a proposition was made to
Mr. McConnell, in order to facili
tate Ins project, which is as fair
a proposition as any one interest
ed in the waters of Silvies river
could be expected to make. That
letter was as follews:
"April 20, 1912
"Mr. C B. McConnell,
"Bums, Oregon
"Dear Sir: - We have had under
consideration for some time your
communication in regard to the
proposed irrigation project on
Sjlvics river of reservoiring the
water of the river in Silvies Val
ley for tue irrigation of addition
al lands in Harney Valley. As
you ars aware, we have holdings
both in the proposed reservoir I
site in Silvies Valley as well as
lands in Harney Valley depending
entirely for irrigation on the
waters of Silvies river. We do
i i h to in any way interfere
n oi.'jtci. but at the same
tunc c ft now that you realise
that we could not do anything
wjiich would jeopardize our pre
sent water rights. We under-
Goi
Going Out
l l a IWWWW
On account my health I must
close out my business at once
Furniture, Dishes, Rugs
Linoleum, Go-Carts, etc.
ALL GO AT COST
Mail orders from my Harney
County friends will be given
first consideration, rjurry!
A. L. HUNTER, Bend.
1 first
4 Aft Sm MJ?ld
15c. Per Cake, 2 for 25c.
--WE ARE AGENTS
Rexall Drug Store
REED RROS. Props.
f
The Burns Hospital
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Best Surgical Room and Equipment
In the State Outside of Portland.
Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com
fort for Pfttients-Reatonable Terms
Graduated Nurse In Charge
stand that you realize that before
you can proceed with your pro
ject you must have an under
standing with the present water
users in lamey Valley. This is
absolutely necessary because un
til you have an arrangement
which absolutely fixer the amount
of water to winch they are en
titled and to b entitled, you will
never be able to know what water
you have for the irrigation of new
land, and until each of the pre
sent owners is guaranteed his
water he will not be willing to
permit any use of the water on j
the new land.
"If this matter, however.is ad
justed to the satisfaction of the
present irrigators, we .see no
reason why you, should not be
permitted to go ahead with the
project, and we can assure you
that you will find our company
willing to adjust that matter on
the same basis that it is adjusted
with the other irrigators.
"No doubt, all that will be
necessary will be to determine
the present land irrigated and
agree upon a uniform amount of
water to be allowed to each party
per acre, and we will be perfectly
willing to enter into an agree
ment along these lines. Until
that is doin . we are satisfied that
no one in the valley would be
'willing to permit you to take the
water for other lands, but as
sdbn as that is done, if there is
any surplus which you can create
by storage, we would be perfect
ly willing to permit you to do so.
"As to the amount of water
which should be allowed, we un
derstand that you intend to con
struct a system of ditches through
the valley sufficient u handle the
water, and of cours. if it was
of Business!
The Strongest appeal to
the most refined taste Is
made by
Harmony Rose Glycerine Soap
Purely VefeUble, Delicately Perfnned
properly distributed in ditches
less water would be required
than is used by the present
methods in vogue in the valley.
Incase this arrangement can be
agreed upon with the various
water users in the valley, we
would be willing to sell at a rea
sonable price such of our lands
in Silvies Valley as may be need
for the reservoir. We feel, how
ever, that it is useless to take up
negotiations as to the exact!
amount to lie paid for the reser-1
voir lands until you secure a pro
per agreement with the water
users as to the amount of water
which they are to have. As we
have already stated, if you can
gt t such an agreement from the
Owner?, we would be willing to
join in it, but until you get such
an agreement we could not per
mit, and are satisfied that the
other people in the valley would
not be willihg to permit you to
take any water from the river,
and the test of your ability to
carry this project out will be the
willingness of the people of the
valley to jo II in such a.rjement
as we have Indicated we are will
ing to enter Into with you.
"Yours truly.
"Pacific Livestock Company
"By l. Leroy Nickel
"Vice-president"
I think I am safe in asserting
there is no person using wuters
of the SiK ies river who would
make a more liberal offer to Mr.
McConnell than Hat contained
in that communication. and when-
ever tie other irrigators in Sil-
vies Valley and Harney Valley
are read v to adjust the matter
along the 1 1 nee outlined inthatj
letter, we are, and always have!
been, ready to join with them.
We simply refer to that letter
for the purpose of permitting
those interested to judge the
truth of the statement of Mr,
McConnell regarding this
mttl' i
i rights of the people u ho have ir-
So far ss the proceedings be-j rigated these valleys, but wishes
fore the State Water Board for I to acquire the water at their ex
the adjudication of the water pense. All that the Pacific Live
rights of Silvies River are con-'Stock Company asked was that
corned, I would say hat these it be assured a continuous of
proceedings were Initiated and
Instigated by Mr. McConnell,
and the great expense that will
be c tused to the people of the val.
leys i- i niirely due to the insti
gation hi that proceedinK ly Mr.
McConnell, and not by anything
that the PkeiAc Live Stock Com
pany baa done. In that proceed
ing the rights of the Pacific Live
Stock Company are protested by
Mr. McCotmcll, as well as a great
number of other water users.and
I suppose that even Mr. McCon
nell would concede that company
the same privilege which he haH
availed himself of, namely: to
attempt to establish its own
rights and to oppose those which
in whole or in part it deems un
founded. In my judgment there was no
occasion whatever
for that pro-
seeding, but it having been
brought it is undoubtedly nec
essary for every party to estab
lish his rights, and that is going
to cause a useless expenditure
of a very largo sum of money by
the people of these valleys.
The Pacific Live Stock Cempa:
ny at the time that proceeding
was brought was at peace with
practically every one on Sivies
riser, and there were practically
DO disputes between the parties
as to the USS of the water of the
stream, hut by this proceedinK
Mr. Mt Count II has caused to be
Instigated, it will be necessary to
determine the exact quantity of
water to which each party is en
titled and the exact priority of
the various rights, xoing back
over ;i period of over twenty-five
years; of course, there will be
great differeneea aK to the claims
of the various parties as indicat
ed by the many protests which
have been filed, not only by the
Pacific Live Stock Company but
by Mr. McConnell and Mr. Han
Isy, and a Kreat many other per
sons on the stream.
Mr. McConnell can not make
us responsible for a condition
which he. and he alone, has caus
ed. The statement that I have
threatened that this matter would
; he tied up for years is without
any foundation whatever, but I
haw said and I do say, that from
my knowledge of litigation of
this magnitude it will necessarily
take years of litigation before it
is settled and will cost many
thousands of dollars to the people
GRADUATING CLASS HARNEY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Each Took Pttrt in the Program at Tonawama Lost Night, Names
Alternate From Left to Right With Their Subjects.
ESTHER in k.i it i
"Oregon Trail."
MIAMI DAI 1 ON
"A Natural Wonder of
Harney Coiinly."
NICHOLAS .VOEGTLY
"Class I'rophee.v."
ROY III I liV
SaJutatorian "Preparing
for Life."
MARY HfcNL RICKS
"A Hit of History of
Harney County."
L$.; ROBERTA
m A "Address to
graduates."
DONALD IKiltlll.lv,
Valedictorian ' ' I n f I u
ence of Friends and
Companions."
ORA DICKENSON
"Class History."
ELOISE
"Clas
Will."
BEA CAGE
Class Poem."
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Lj (mS(, va,.vs, B ,,f which
couuj have been avoided If Mr.
McConnell had accepted the cry
i Hberul off er which we made and
which we made solely for the
reason that we fell thai it was
for the general good of (I e com
munity that he he tmiii an o -
portunity to carry out his project
if it were feasible His refusal
to accept it only ihowi thai he
does not Intend to recognise the
simply that reasonable quantity
of water which when economi
cally used through ditches, as
used by the other people of the
valley, would be sufficient for the
irrigation of its lands, and that
that ami u t should be uniform
to all parties in the vail, y, If
that proposition is not a fair one,
it is difficult to understand what
kind of a proposition would ap
peal to Mr. McConnell.
I have no desire to enter into
any public controversy in this
matter, but justice to my client
requires that false statements
attributed to its representatives
should be promptly denied, and
a publication of this letter would
be ureatly appreciated, in order
that the company may he placed
right before the people of this
community.
Edward f. Trjeadwbll.
Cure for Stomach Diaordert.
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We do job printing,
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JOHNS
For
REPUBLICAN
Governor
dive this Joh to u mm.
who will rt-tiH-e Taxes
tnd CUl down cxpeiist-H
if ion ii.,.i ,in mil m ,i in .pm.it. Iiuairtfi
you W mill nini ii i uhiliH tnl on DIMlntU
I mm 1 1 it V . It wr hi int rirat in (lit
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tail rMJtlftfM hi. 1 it ' it imi or ilu' linirni
nl llir Ufulifo in H vim, in ,i inttiitt m'iim
iu Imi Mini It i in it Iiininrh mtcioti
TAXES MUST BE REDUCED!
in die toinini' pi unary t-lrtii.iii, Charles A. Johns, nl INmUuil,
will usk ihr votr nt fvriN person who liclicves die Slitte uj Oicuou
needs in lute i, ix' s railucM ami MpcilMH tut tltiwn The only way
to iriliur liixt-. I i hi ili.wii (SptlMM il to apply die saint- print iplti
in running tin- bisti iiy von wmiM apply in running your own bu.inc
Mow many inMiiuiMin, tsniiM mil lluilu with hii niiituse nt oper
annu SipanSM hoiu vt'ai In yt-ai .' Not many. Well, lei's reduce
our taxes and ml tlnwn oiift-xprin.es. t.'liailts A Johns, ol Portland,
is running mi llut plallonn ami stands on Ins pl.iiluim (Jet linn on
the job I titan llnnltinu aliotil lliis liul.iyl
Will you clt-t I a man who will rut down rxpenus and reduce
laxrs, in a politician, as put next (iovernnr f The issue is clear.
OlM will rill down laxrs the mliei will give jobx to his politic-si
fnrnils Whit h tin you want ' Paul Advertisement.
HIHI1ARD
The Undei
IIIBHARD
State to Realize Vast
Sum From Salt Deposits
A news dispatch from Salem,
says: The valuation of salt beds
of Summer and Albeit Likes took
a bbl jump today when John II
Haak and Samuel Connel, of
Portland, offered the State Dei -t
rt Land Hoard $2,000,000,000
for a 10 ypar lease of the proper
ty. Jason Moore, n presenting New
York capitalists, several days
go, offered $1,000,000 tor the
Halts. 60,000 for the lands and
greed H give $oU,(KH) bond as a
guarantee Of irod faith. The
board probably will reach a de
cision regarding the officers at a
meeting to be held nexi Monday,
Letter of Condolence.
To the bereaved husband,
children and relatives of the late
Mabel K. (iotf we as friends and
neighbors extent! to them our
heart fell sympathy in this hour
of sorrow. Mrs. Qoff was born
it) Dalis county, Mo. in the year
1HKT.. At the time of her death
she was 2K years 4 months and
12 days of atfe. She had suffer
ed about three months with
tuberculosis and died at the home
of her husband's parents near
Liwen, 00 the 17th day of April.
Mabel K. Rice was married to
J. A. Goff July !th, 1906 Of this
union were born three children,
of whom two are living. The
oldest is Merrill aw five and the
youngest Paul age three, the
other dying In infancy.
Mrs. Qoff conies from a splen
did family, and to all who knew
her she was a gentle, kind and
lovitur woman. Never complain
ing or Undine, fault but at all
limes hiving a smile or a kind
word for everyone whom she
A sas1 H
met One of her llliesl rlmiuc-
teristles heimr In sayin'i some
lh. in good of one si i old she
spi ak of them at all.
To her famil) .ne was s loving
atid devoted wile and mother
whose place cannot be supplied
by another.
As we look back on her life we
C hi only see th love and I in-
siune thai was hers to live and
bestow on all whom she minified
with. Her death has cast a
shadow in the home that cannot
he removed.
April Apportionment
County School Funds
i ne April apportionment ol the
county school fundi ere dis-
triliutetl as follows.
Dist.
No. ( 1. rk Am't.
rm . i ... i . ,
i
2
.".
6
6
7
8
!l
10
II
12
18
1 1
6
L6
17
is
18
80
L'l
VV. I,. Hlott ... .$1252
.lulia Clark , 190
Veva Khynvaan. l.'?2
.1. K M. Davis 72
L N. Stallard, MK
Cassie Smyth . K8
Starr Buekland :;
Rose Henderson 112
li. A. Collier 188
James Pirie 98
Marie (iranl lul
Hat t it- Racine
868
Mrs. Tod Newell Ml
I'l-ed Otley Jr 38
A. Venator 10
.1. & Graves 48
Edith Hayes ... 1 1 2
Metta It Reed 86
Bliss Hamilton o"2
.1. II. Anderson 88
I 'earl Yulunmore . . 80
Vivian (!ry 72
Eugene Harris no
Cray Kennev 84
Mrs, Otus Btsomore 56
Geo. A. Smyth Jr GO
.lames 1'earsorj 44
Annie Cote 48
Mrs. Ed Sprinirer 00
Julia Cat low 88
Jessie Jones 08
Kttie IfcPheeters ioo
W. A. Cappe 84
J. 0. Alberson , 80
Frank Fister 48
Mrs. Fred Holloway 44
('has. Needham :
21
86
86
27
28
89
30
.51
32
X
M
86
88
87
38
88
10
41
IJ
13
II
45
40
47
48
4(J
50
51
52
53
Daisy Carter 88
E. Oviatt
Mrs. A. C. Volmer
Mrs. Kd Howard
M. J. O'Conner
L H. Mcl'hail
E. L Munson
C. Fdwin Tulloch
U
84 j
s('
48
8
t8
C. F.
C. P.
Bpley
Jew it
)W
18
h
Alice Adrian
;j
The "Blanket" System
Found Better for Lambs
Experiments in handling sheep
under the "open" or "blanket'
system of herding made in eight
National Forests during the sea
son of 1913 show that the blanket
system produces lambs approxi-1
mately live pounds heavier und
increases the carrying capacity of I
the ranges 10 to 25 per cent. It i
was found also that loss of sheep
on heavily timbered ranges was!
less than the loss under the old)
system of close herding where1
they were driven back to titel
same bedding ground for several i
nights in succession.
Sheepmen formerly believed
that the close herding system
was necessary to prevent shet p
from straying but the forest ser-
vice experiments show that this
is not the case. One band now
in the Payette forest, which was
never camped in the same place
two nights and was herded in
timber and brush, practically the'
entire summer, lost only lour'
head, and in the majority of
cases the loss under the new sys
tem was less than the loss under
the system of close herding.
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Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
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the lungs, aids expectoration,
opens the secretions and restores
the system to a healty condition.
This remedy has a world wide
sale and use, and can always be
depended upon. Sold by all
dealers.
CROP CONDITIONS AT
EXPERIMENT STATION
Notes on Seeding That Will Interest the
Farmers of Harney County. More
Grain to Increase Seed of Particular
Varieties. Observations Noted for
Benefit of Local Dry Farmers
ItV L. K. BHKITIIAUHT.
PlantiriK of field peas, wheat
and oats has been concluded with
the exception of a few small plots
to be sown yet for teBts on date
date of seeding. Barley varieties
are being planted now, as is the
flax. Alfalfa, rape and stock
beets will be planted from the
10th to the 15th of May. F.mmer
is just drilled, and the potato
varieties were planted a few days
ago.
There will be about thirty
acres of summer-fallow this year
on the Station, all of the land
that was planted to strains last
year being Riven this treatment,
except the plots which are kept
in Rrain year after to see how
poorly this practice pays. Most
of the land that was in peas last
year has been planted to other
crops, or peas ajjain, this year,
the cultivation ijiven the peaa
last year having concerved a con
siderable moisture which, to
gether with the extraordinary
quantity gotten into the soil the
past winter has made this prac
tice possible.
At present the Alfalfa is show
ing up nicely. Several plots of
this has been thinned to various
distances in the row in order that
more information can be gained
as to the proper distance for the
plants to be separated for the
maximum seed production. The
Id plats have been thinned so
that each plant has about four or
five square feet of soil. Altho
very satisfactory yields of seed
were obtained from these plats
last year, the yield would have
been much greater had the plants
been thinner.
The field peas are up and doing
nicely. They do not mind how
cold the weather is us do some
112 crops. And where there is drift
r6 ing sand, the peas remain when
other crops move on. Watch the
field pea grow.
j he wheat and oats are just
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Fare, Burns-Irairie City,
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THE
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la The Place to Trade '
-WHY-
First: Promptness, accuracy and fair dealing.
Secend: We carry a well assorted stock of Drugs, Chemi
cals and Druggist Sundries.
Third: We guarantee every article we sell to be just as
represented or your money refunded.
If you are a customer of ours you know this. If not, be
come one and be convinced.
J. C. Welcome, Jr.
coming up and are making good
stands. A plat each of flax and
barley sown about the 20 of April
are up and have shown more
ability to withstand the cold than
seemed reasonable to suppose.
However, it has not been nearly
so cold of late as sometimes hap
pens at this time of the year so
that, after all, it may not be wise
to plant these tender crops too
early.
Several acres of the most pro
mising varieties of the grains
has been sown for the purpose of
increasing the seed. Among
these are the Selected Bluestone
wheat, Swanneck barley and a
special selection from the Sixty
Day oats, which is several days
earlier yet than the ordinal and
much more uniform as well as an
apparently better yielder. A
large acreage has been planted
to field peas, in which about 20
of the higher yielding varieties
wins out, there will be a good
start of the seed. However, it
is expected that the race will be
between theCarleton, Gray Win
ter, Kaiser, Cossack, Holuschka.
Clamort and one or two other
possibilities.
Following will be given the
results of other crops grown on
the Station last year:
Barley (Spring): Swanneck.
47.50; Hannchen, 41.00. O. A. C.
21, 33.33;Calif. Feed 21.53, Ouch
ac, zt.ai; iy. 27.40; unnamed,
26.46; Hooded (Bald), 27.64;
Odercrucker, 37.36; Hannah.
27.35; Black Hulless, 25.69; Wis
consin No. 9, 25.39; Imperial.
22.98; Utah Club (Winter) 22.85;
Manchuria 23.29; Moriout, 19.03;
Chevalier 18.90; Wisconsin No. 6.
18.48; Hulless. 19.31; Gatami.
17.40; Wisconsin No. 13, 15.86;
White Hulless, 13.43.
The superiority of the Swan
neck and Hannehen barleys was
illustrated in the field planting
as well as in the variety trials,
these are both two row barleys.
The California Feed barley is a
Eure strain of the common spring
arley grown in Harney valley.
(Continued next week. )
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